Amends the Fair and Exposition Authority Reconstruction Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, and Locksmith Act of 1993. Provides that a person may receive a license as a private alarm contractor without meeting certain requirements if he or she applies for a license between December 9, 2003 and December 12, 2003. Provides that a person who applies for a license as a locksmith between December 9, 2003 and December 12, 2003 is exempt from the examination requirement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning regulations.
Creates the Illinois Public Safety Act. Establishes the Public Safety Program Trust Fund consisting of an insurance premium surcharge of $1.30 on all property owner insurance policies sold in Illinois. Creates the Illinois Public Safety Advisory Board within the Regional Institute for Community Policing. Provides for the organization, powers, and duties of the Illinois Public Safety Advisory Board. Provides for the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Regional Institute for Community Policing. Requires each insurer engaged in writing property, homeowners, and renter's insurance coverage to collect and pay into the Public Safety Trust Fund an amount equal to $1.30 or a lesser amount determined by the Advisory Board. Provides rules for the administration of the Trust Fund.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Public Service Accountability Act. Sets out the requirements for privatization contracts between contractors and State agencies. Provides for the monitoring and enforcement of privatization contracts. Establishes fines and prison sentences for a violation of certain Sections of the Act. Effective immediately.
Recognizes Grace Boomgarden of Watseka for her many years of exemplary public service.
Thanks Linda Duby for her work on behalf of the citizens of St. Anne.
Congratulates Tim Gernon on being the second recipient of the Beacon Award given by the Community Alliance.
Creates the Budget Stabilization Act and amends the State Finance Act. Limits appropriations from the State's general funds in fiscal years when estimated general funds revenues exceed certain previous fiscal years' general funds revenues. Requires the State Comptroller to transfer from the General Revenue Fund into the Budget Stabilization Fund or Early Debt Retirement Fund an amount equal to the fiscal year's unappropriated general funds revenues. Establishes appropriation limits and a transfer schedule. Specifies the purpose of the Budget Stabilization Fund and requires that earnings on its investment remain in the Fund. Creates the Early Debt Retirement Fund as a special fund within the State treasury for payment of certain liabilities. Effective immediately.
